It's not everyday you see this rolling through town! Cat 777D. I've only seen them in quarries, never on a trailer.
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Big Move
- Thread starter Steve Frazier
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mitch504
Senior Member
He going to a quarry, or a big construction job?
Nige
Senior Member
TBH it would have probably been easier and less disruptive for the rest of the traffic to leave the wheels on and just drive it - IMHO anyway.
I've been trying to think why it might be being moved since I saw it, there's a Trap Rock Industries (Poughkeepsie plant) quarry about 5 miles north, the direction he's heading. Trap Rock also has a quarry in Rockland County, south and across the river from here. I'm speculating they might be transferring it from there to here. I can't really come up with anything else. We have a Cat dealer in Poughkeepsie but I can't imagine they'd be hauling it in for repairs. I don't believe they do the factory refurbishing there either.
Raildudes dad
Senior Member
I review and approve moves like this for our county road department. I took the spec weight and divided it in half for the bed being removed. I did the math and it should be about 500 lbs / inch of tire with. That is permitable in MI according to the MI DOT. If it to move on it's own in our county I would check the bridges on the route concerned about t he concentrated weight. Otherwise I would permit it.